Americans and Mexicans may be eligible for TN visas (temporary work permits) under NAFTA. To get the ball rolling, your first step is to find a job in Canada.

Here's a good article about work in Canada for American and Mexican professionals.

You cannot include a brother in your Canada permanent residency application - only a spouse or dependent children. Your brother will need to submit his own application. Here's a really comprehensive Canada immigration FAQ that may answer some more of your questions.

You can compare economy, housing, education, employment markets across all Canadian provinces and territories on this Canadian immigration page about Canada . There are links to lengthy descriptions about each to help you make your decision about where to live in Canada. There are a lot of job oppor...

Your Canadian immigration application can be fast-tracked if you can obtain a job offer in Canada. A Canadian job offer may qualify you for Arranged Employment, Provincial Nomination, or a Work Permit . All of these options reduce your waiting time significantly. There's a really good Job Search Too...

There are plenty of IT jobs in Canada. If you can obtain a Canadian job offer, your application for Canadian Permanent Residency can be fast-tracked. You can apply for jobs online at this Canada Job Search Tool.

There are plenty of IT jobs in Canada. There is a great Canada Job Search Tool on this Canadian immigration website - when I keyed in IT in Winnipeg alone, it gave me 183 current job openings. In fact the Canadian government has implemented a program to facilitate the process of bringing foreign IT ...

If you're looking for more information about your medicals, there is a good Medical Examinations FAQ on this Canadian immigration website.

For Canadian immigration, all the options are outlined in this Canada immigration website. They also have a very comprehensive FAQ on the site.

Your Police Clearances must be up-to-date when the visa officer reviews your application. You shouldn't obtain them before the Visa Office asks you to because they will likely be out of date. You should visit this Canada immigration security clearance FAQ . There is a link to how and where to get po...

There is a large demand for IT workers in Canada. If you can get a job offer in Canada, your immigration application for Permanent Residency in Canada will receive priority processing . There's a great job search tool on this Canadian immigration website. I just did a search for 'information technol...

There's a whole FAQ section on Police Clearance Certificates on this Canadian immigrationwebsite. There's also a whole section on Security Clearances.[/url]

I came across this site that lists processing times for PNP's.

http://www.canadavisa.com/provincial-no ... times.html

Hope it helps!